Method of producing mailing covers and machine utilizing said method

Abstract

A method for producing unique and personalized pieces of mail, including integrating envelope production with the production of the documents for insertion within the envelopes. The machine for producing the pieces of mail includes a device for producing, from the same width of paper, both the documents and the envelopes designed to contain the documents. A longitudinal cutting device cuts the documents to the correct width and forms the flaps of the envelopes. A transverse cutting device separates the documents from the envelopes and cuts them to the correct length. A device assembles the documents with the corresponding envelope. A gluing and folding device closes the envelope while a central processing unit regulates at least the cutting devices, according to the number and format of the documents, and the stuffed envelopes to be produced.

Description

[0001]The present invention concerns a method for producing unique and personalized mail pieces, offering a complete solution integrating envelope production with production of the documents for insertion, enabling high speed production, guaranty mail integrity and confidentiality, and reduced global unitary cost. The machine (1) for producing mail pieces (100) specifically comprises a printing device (2) for printing from the same width of paper (10) both the documents (13) to be inserted and the envelopes (14) designed to contain the documents (13), one after the other in the order of insertion, each envelope being preceded or followed by the document or documents it will contain; a longitudinal cutting device (3) for cutting the documents (13) to the correct width and forming the flaps (16) of the envelopes (14); a transverse cutting device (4) for separating the documents (13) from the envelopes (14) and cutting them to the correct length; a device (7, 8) for assembling the docu...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]The aim of the present invention is to overcome these disadvantages by proposing a method to produce personalized and unique mails, offering a complete solution beginning with a roll of paper and ending with a sealed piece of mail, integrating envelope production with document production, allowing production at higher speeds than are currently possible, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of the mail thus produced, and reducing the global unit cost of the mail.

[0011]It is possible to print two parallel strips of documents and envelopes on the same width of material to double production.

Problems solved by technology

Currently used techniques are not ideal, given the number of preparatory operations to be performed in order to produce a sealed piece ready for mailing, namely, preparing and assembling the documents to be sent, on the one hand, and the envelopes, on the other hand.

Moreover, the techniques do not guaranty the integrity of the enclosures prepared this way, as the documents inserted in the envelopes are not necessarily the correct ones, which causes confidentiality problems.

No method exists for producing unique pieces of mail that differ from one another in format as well as in the number of documents they contain.

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